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  • Square Peg, Square Hole: Important Considerations in the Appointment of ACUPCC Implementation Liaisons

    Creator:
    Tuttle, Ryan Lawrence
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    The absence of federal climate legislation in the United States has led to a growth of sub-federal and non-governmental programs to combat greenhouse gas emissions. One such program, the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) seeks to mitigate greenhouse emissions from higher education through the voluntary commitment of...
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    15th, 2014 !!!! APPROVED: !!!!! Dr. David Bernell, representing Political Science !!!!! Dr. Brent Steel

  • International environmental treaty-making. The future of the UN BBNJ Treaty

    Creator:
    Banshchikova, Inga
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    Because the environmental threats are becoming global in scope, international cooperation and global governance issues are in the spotlight. The most controversial environmental law and policy problems arise in the areas where no individual state has sole responsibility for governing, "global commons." Scholars believe that the best way to deal...
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    APPROVED: David Bernell, Committee Chair Brent Steel, Committee Member

  • Towards a sustainable future : a global empirical analysis on the diffusion & innovation of carbon pricing policies

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    Raghoo, Pravesh
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    There are currently 43 countries which have adopted some kind of carbon pricing policy – either adopted a carbon tax or entered a cap–and–trade, while the remaining countries have not. This has created significant diversity in the world with regard to climate change mitigation. There is thus a need to...
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    approved: ______________________________________________________________ Assoc Prof David Bernell

  • The Missing Link: Use of Renewable Energy Codification in U.S. Cities

    Creator:
    Mathur, Shivani
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    Cities of the world today house more than half the world’s population, contribute to 80 percent of the global GDP, consume approximately 70 percent of the global energy and produce 70 percent of the greenhouse gases produced worldwide (Floater et al., 2014; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2014). City governments...
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    approved: _____________________________________________________________________ David Bernell Cities

  • Wind Energy Siting in Kittitas County, Washington

    Creator:
    Naimoli, Stephen
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    Increasing renewable energy development is often seen as an essential tool for combating global climate change, yet despite widespread support in theory, renewable energy often faces problems at the implementation stage. In the state of Washington, where voters have expressed a desire for greater renewable energy by mandating that 15%...
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    Brent S. Steel, representing Political Science David Bernell, representing Political Science

  • The Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh: Environmental Impacts, Policies, and Practices

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    Bashar, Shahinur
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    The Rohingya community have faced continuous violence, discrimination and statelessness in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. In 2017, a violent crackdown by Myanmar’s army on Rohingya Muslims sent almost a million fleeing across the border of Bangladesh. They found their temporary home in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh...
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    Policy Essay of Shahinur Bashar APPROVED: Erika Allen Wolters, Committee Chair David

  • The Impact of Rural Electrification on Deforestation and Soil Fertility

    Creator:
    Tanner, Andrew M.
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    Deforestation and loss of soil fertility are two forms of environmental degradation with global importance. Theories of environmental degradation commonly cited in public and academic discourse have historically emphasized the role of human populations and national economic development as being the primary drivers of environmental damage. This thesis utilizes quantitative...
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    (P), Affluence (A), and Technology (T) (Goudie, 2006). This formulation and its wide use in

  • Analyzing and Understanding the Latvian Environmental Movement

    Creator:
    Berzins, Mikelis I.
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    Several distinctive environmental movements of the past century have had major influence on public policies in the United States. More generally, social movements that push environmental issues into the limelight have the potential for significantly altering public perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs, thus driving big policy changes. This thesis examines the...
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    DATE: 5/15/15 P a g e  |  2     Abstract Several distinctive

  • Technocracy, Democracy and the Role of Scientists in Natural Resource Policy

    Creator:
    Clark, Will
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    The complexity of modern environmental problems has increased appeals for including scientific research and findings in natural resource policy decision making. Though scientists, resource managers, interest groups, and the general public support more science-based environmental policy, these preferences have been accompanied by growing calls for decentralization and democratization of policy...
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    epistocracy, a term coined by David Estlund (2003, p. 53): If some political outcomes count as better than

  • Stakeholder Perceptions of Public Participation in LNG Siting in Coos Bay, Oregon

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    Gaustad, Brittany V.
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    Selecting locations for large energy facilities represents a land use dilemma: The beneficiaries of such facilities often are not the ones to suffer from adverse local impacts. As a result, it is not uncommon for local opposition groups to form in response to such proposals, and although opportunities for public...
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    , relevant segments of the public will be systematically excluded” (David, 1992, p. 10). To establish an